1. Papyrus 2465
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2465
- Title:
- Petition to the Chief of Police (P.Oxy. XII 1559, TM 21925)
- Scope & Content:
- Beginning of a petition addressed to Aurelius Dioscorus, chief of the police (epoptes eirenes), from Aurelius Aristion, son of Ptolemaeus, councillor at Oxyrhynchus, complaining about the treatment received by a certain Besammon, son of Apollos, of Paneuei.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 13 November 341
- Extent:
-
Top of a mid-brown papyrus sheet, torn along the left edge and with surface damage throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; a strip of vertical fibres is visible along the right edge. Portions of 12 lines from the top of a column remain; the upper margin survives, the right is minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
